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…about 5.

No really… just FIVE. I demonstrated them to one client the other day, it was the actually the first time I had included them in someones workout for the last 6 months.

I never include them in my own workouts, yet today my abdominal body fat measurement was the lowest it has been for about 18 months!

I watched about 5 guys and gals in the gym at lunchtime today doing their workout. Besides the usual grunting and groaning of the obligatory “bench press” with too much weight, the guys actually did some other exercises.

However these exercises seemed to be centered around their belly buttons (Obviously the center of THEIR universe), I saw more crunches performed today in one hour, than I have actually done in my entire career as a Fitness Professional!

If I could ban one exercise from the gym it would be the crunch.  Once and for all lets knock this on the head, you can’t lose fat from your stomach by doing crunches PERIOD.

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Ok, so the girls started talking and got the brilliant idea of doing the 2009 Echternach Triathlon. So they started discussing the different ways of how to best train for it and that’s when my competitive streak kicked in and  I started thinking: Hey, this could be fun, I am In!!!!

I like biking…The swimming isn’t to bad and the running…well, not great but I have two legs that can run if i make them, How hard can this be…:)

Then I realised that I have to swim 1.5Km which doesn’t sound that far but when you only know breast stroke…that could be a rather long distance…

Then I realised that to be able to do biking….40km, You will acctually need a bike!!!

Then I realised that I will acctually have to RUN 10km….Arrrgghhh:) I hate Running. Every time i run further than 2km, it feels like i am about to die….

That’s when the next thought crossed my mind: Let’s NOT do this, sorted, Maybe this isn’t such a good idea after all. That’s when the girls decided to make me the One to push them and make them train hard and i started thinking i can’t give in already, these girls are counting on me and better yet, This is a challenge, and I love challenges and i have been looking for the next challenge in life! Here it is!

So guess what, I wrote down on my ever growing Goals list: 2009 Triathlon and now all I have to do is start planning the training for it.Lot’s of swimming, maybe even try to learn proper swimming…Lot’s of running, starting off with intervalls…

First things first though…Hubby, I want a bike for christmas!

Jess:)

IF anyone has any good ideas for training for a Triathlon please come forward and tell me your secrets:)

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Just for you guys here in Luxembourg, this years Fakel Laf takes place on the 7th November at 18:30(Friday evening)

It looks like we have a fairly decent group of people from ForestFit coming to do the event.

Entry is FREE via online inscriptions at http://fakellaf.fla.lu/

This is a fun event designed to get folk out on a chilly November evening.

Tim

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Wow, Jess went away on holiday in New York for 3 weeks and came back with a FULL Boxing group for September.

LOTS of people missed out on getting a place for her September group, and we expect October to be a FULL group again.

October is now open for registrations at:

http://www.jessboxing.com

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The early mornings are now getting a little dark and September will be the last 7am ForestFit group for this year.

However we are still going to run a ForestFit group but this time twice a week inside at 18:15 in the evening in Clausen, then on Saturday morning still getting out to Bambesch to get our outside training fix.

Only 12 places available because of the limited space at our indoor venue. register over at http://www.forestfit.com as there is only about 7 spots left.

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Jess has been spending some time re-vamping her Fitness Boxing training class, ready for the autumn season.

Like ForestFit, JessBoxing will be run over a 4 week period, with 3 workouts a week.

We released this to her mailing list last week, and she has already filled 9 of the 20 places.  So you are gonna have to move fast to register for her aggression releasing, fat burning workouts

Go to JessBoxing.com for more details and to register online.

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Open for registrations, but only 6 places remain for the 7am group. This will probably be the last 7am group we run purely outside this year due to lack of light early morning. Get your place now at ForestFit.com

We also have our 09:30 group running again starting the 15th September. Register over at ForestFit.com

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GetFit.lu are assisting Station.lu for the up coming Discover Luxembourg event. If you would like to enter a team use the link in the text below to register.

ForestFit will be submitting a team to take on the challenges set, should be a lot of fun!

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On Saturday 20 September 2008, from Place Guillaume @ 14:00, till around 21:00.

Enter a team on a discovery voyage through Luxembourg City to sample its lush history, rich culture, delicious gastronomy, exciting technology, and much more…

Registration of teams can be made online from 26 August at www.discover-luxembourg.lu (50 Euros for a team of 4 people). 

About 50 teams are expected – to include clubs & associations, companies/offices, tourists, and families/friends. In fact, anyone can enter. For safety concerns, all teams must have at least one adult.

Each team will collect a map with a series of clues to lure them across the city (on foot). Teams will explore a number of Event Stations to face an entertaining challenge. These challenges consist of tasty gastronomic samplings, intriguing cultural and historical puzzles, and active sporting elements - along with some stimulating brain-teasers. All will be fun with something for everyone!

This event concludes with a prize-awarding ceremony. Food & drinks will be available for purchase during the accompanying live musical entertainment. 

In-depth knowledge of Luxembourg City will not be of any advantage!

All information on the day will be in French, German & English.

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I didn’t want to do this, but in a moment of weakness I folded and agreed to set this up.

My summer break has just been disturbed by many of you guys desperate to join ForestFit during August.

So Jess and I have decided to run a Hardcore session twice a week in the evening on Monday and Wednesday.

Warning this is not for the faint hearted… you’ll be working hard, really hard.

Get over to ForestFit Hardcore to register today. It is a limited time offer, only 10 places available, and we start NEXT MONDAY!

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Starting a week later than the 7am groups, we are running a 09:30 group again, once all the schools are back in session.

To register for this popular group get over to http://www.forestfit.com/forestfit-0930.html

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